The children's storybook Pōmai and Her Papa , which helps children understand Alzheimer's disease, has been adapted into a new animated video . The ...

Growing up, Dina Xu Callaway had fond memories of her live-in grandparents, who helped raise her and her sister. Inspired by ...

Scientists are finding that brain immune cells known as microglia with a specific mutation (at right) stayed young and ...

Researchers at the Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering at Harvard University report that they were able to successfully put tadpoles of Xenopus laevis frogs into a hibernation-like ...

Rutgers neuroscientist Peng Jiang and his neuroscience colleague Mengmeng Jin have made a discovery they say could reshape ...

Researchers at Baylor College of Medicine have discovered a natural mechanism that clears existing amyloid plaques in the ...

Few primary care practices are designed for the timely detection of Alzheimer's disease and related dementias. The limited time that primary care clinicians are able to spend with patients, the need ...

Researchers have discovered a defect in how cells produce exosomes, a problem linked to a mutation found in patients with ...

In people at risk for Alzheimer’s disease, researchers linked minimal to moderate physical activity to a 3-to 7-year delay in cognitive symptoms.

Familial Alzheimer’s disease (FAD) is a rare type of Alzheimer’s disease (AD) caused by a gene mutation passed down through families. With FAD, symptoms start when you’re young. You may have symptoms ...

Medications like lecanemab (Leqembi) and donanemab (Kisunla) target amyloid plaques in the brain that build up due to Alzheimer’s disease. They may help slow disease progression for people in the ...